When academic gets harder

[Anonymous]

Kid that all As in grade 5 CES, and MAP M is 99% & MAP R is 92%. He never studies, and I rarely see homework. What grades does a kid like that need to start studying or academic load gets harder?

[Anonymous]

honestly likely not until junior year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:honestly likely not until junior year

+1. Some math classes start getting harder in 9th and 10th too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:honestly likely not until junior year

+1. Some math classes start getting harder in 9th and 10th too.

Op here. That sounds terrible and not challenging. What should I do with kids like that? It is unfair and set a bad example to his younger siblings that he does not need to study or work hard to get good grades. He has such an easy life and I do not like that. I thought MS will be harder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:honestly likely not until junior year

+1. Some math classes start getting harder in 9th and 10th too.

Op here. That sounds terrible and not challenging. What should I do with kids like that? It is unfair and set a bad example to his younger siblings that he does not need to study or work hard to get good grades. He has such an easy life and I do not like that. I thought MS will be harder.

Says EVERY MCP MS parent

[Anonymous]

I think foreign language is frequently noted as requiring a student to adjust to actual study, mostly because of the amount of memorization. Foreign language classes, while earning HS credit that will be applied to their transcript, can be started in middle school. Some middle schools may break up the first year of foreign language across two years, stretching out each semester of the course across a full school year, and other schools offer both pacing options.

As for providing more challenge, you can provide enrichment for his interests at home. While it’s important that kids learn to overcome challenges by digging in and supplying themselves, that lesson may need to come outside academics, through activities like music or sports.

[Anonymous]

In middle school if they get into a magnet.

Or even if not in a magnet, in middle school foreign language can also be challenging, especially if they start off in the full-year high school-level course in 6th grade, and will likely require homework/studying in order to memorize the vocabulary.

And depending on the kid and how accelerated in math they are, middle school math may be challenging. A handful of kids are allowed into Algebra 1 in 6th grade so you could try for that if you think he needs that level of challenge.

[Anonymous]

kumon, self study, - when signing up for classes in 9th grade do not allow them to scare you away from AP courses. Your child will likely be fine with 2 AP courses freshman year. If they are interested in medical studies look into the sciences with double lab periods etc

[Anonymous]

Never for my CES -> MS and HS magnet kid. Classes are always boring but in some, they are allowed to play boardgames or work on their own things at the back row so they like those classes more. For my other kid, 99% MAP-M and 94% MAP-R couldn't even make them into the CES lottery pool.

[Anonymous]

You need to parent each kid as they come, OP. Perhaps your others will need to work harder. My firstborn has learning disabilities and needed to work ten times more than the average. My second is gifted and in 10th grade, has just realized this year that homework is a thing, mainly because she's taking AP Calc BC and AP Physics C together

You can provide enrichment at home and please, please, focus on extra-curriculars such that your kid attains a high level by 12th grade. They will count for college admissions.

[Anonymous]

Khan, IXL, Alcumus, YouTube, books, extracurriculars, and (if all else fails) parental interaction, to fill the "homework gap" that the schools leave open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid that all As in grade 5 CES, and MAP M is 99% & MAP R is 92%. He never studies, and I rarely see homework. What grades does a kid like that need to start studying or academic load gets harder?

Curious *which* CES this is. Some have big projects to do at home.

[Anonymous]

My kid is in CES. She rarely has required homework. A few big take home assignments throughout the year, but that’s it. The teachers mentioned they would not though - it’s baked into the more rigorous day. But, they did mention something about optional work they could do if needed - whatever your personal reason may be for having your kid do it (habit forming, practice…). My kid also brings home A’s. So I don’t know if it’s all that uncommon. She understands a lot but certainly has struggled at times with some lessons, whether in math or language. So just because your kid is doing amazing does not mean he’s going through every single day and every single lesson all knowing. There are ebbs and flows of learning and sometimes they just get lucky in testing. Math for sure will get more complex and harder just by virtue of how it works. Elementary math is the basics for the most part; it’s laying the foundation for higher level learning. You other kids may have things that come more easily to them and they don’t have to work as hard at - so it’s not really reasonable to make him set an example for them based on his own personal skill set. Instead each child gets to adjust as the need, for their own benefit.

[Anonymous]

Chinese community has better information than DCUM

[Anonymous]

My kid in 9th has realized he needs to now pay attention and put effort forth. I think the new semester grading policy has been a welcomed wakeup call. He also got his first B in Spanish this year after straight As with minimal effort in middle school.